3 Tips For a Better Backhand Volley  

Very good! The "pinching" of the shoulder blades is precisely what I teach--both with the bh volley, and the 1 handed slice bh--it prevents the front shoulder from flying open--and gives more impetus to the racket arm. Do wish you had included 2 things: the importance of volleying with a straight racket arm...and how best to hit a 2 handed bh volley...more players are utilizing the 2 hander

Great advice on volleys. Choking up the handle & keeping the non dominant hand involved are tips that will help a lot. Tnx!

Clear, easy to understand, and great demonstrations. Thank you very much Ashley!

fantastic... I try and get a fresh lesson every day before heading off to my game and put it into place... I will use this when attacking today thanks again!

amazing advice on choking up the handle!!! I will def try it. thanks!!!

New to the Channel but this video was a real help and wasn’t over complicated! Will be watching more from here! 👍🏻

Wow, extremely helpful. I play at an advanced level and I didnt know these tips. I play with a very heavy racquet, very relaxed wrists and grabbing always at the bottom. I have an issue with the racket dropping on the volleys and in effect, I was struggling at the net (and it sucks coz I play very aggressive). This video is probably gonna change my life.

Super useful video, thanks Ash 👍

Don’t know if u would read this but I play padel and this is the first video that really helped me (specifically the grip tip) that was a life changing tip. Keep the good work

Great tip of the off hand to guide the backhand volley thks again !

Great tips :-) You rock

This was so simply and beautifully exsplained.

Great instruction. It takes a while for these good habits to erase the bad ones. It's much less frequent now but I still sometimes hit the backhand volley with 2 hands like a complete spaz. We'll keep working at it. Happy Holidays!

Thanks for this super helpful video! My backhand volley is definitely a weak spot and I don't really feel confident trying to poach with it, so will try some of these tips. If possible, could you do a video on the overhead? I generally have decent serve mechanics, but the overhead is much harder for me. Usually a lot of videos talk about the similarities between the two shots, but something explaining the differences between them would be amazing

Thanks for the video - clear, helpful advice again. Hadn’t considered chocking grip with standard length racquet(def for extended length). I expect the trade off for less reach is better anticipation, movement, etc that comes with the confidence gained from so many more quality backhand volleys struck!🎾💪

Hi there thanks for the tips ,very important to have the left elbow up not down, non dominant arm.!!

Thank you very much. Very valuable lesson.

Thank you! This is great coaching.

Thanx! Very good tips for me.

Excellent tips. I don't choke up on the handle because I think it will reduce my reach but I will try it out. Rafa has gotten better but he done so by crowding the net. The positions himself within 2 feet from the net and so he is prone to get hit by the ball as was demonstrated by Kyrgios. When my opponent does the same, I will aim at them also to send them a message to back off. If you are really a good volleyer, you can volley 4 feet away and still get to balls.

Excellent. Thank you.

Thank You for this excellent lesson 🙏 appreciate

thank you so much. very helpful video

Great tips!!

Awesome, thanks Ashley

Great tips, my backhand volley is a weakness, will try all three of these and see if they work.

Hi Ash. I am new to your videos. Thank you very much for the tips. I hope lots of people subscribe to your channel. 🌞

great! time to subscribe

Nice vid!

very good

good stuff

Brilliant. Finally a coach that doesn’t use stupid language. “Off hand”. Keep it simple. Instead of using language kids won’t get.

Ayye I liked that you showed Nadal choking up on the grip, never knew that 👀

Hi, what settings do you have your slinger bag at for this?

let me try out choking the grip... does it work on the forehand volley also/?

Absolutely love 90% of this, but I would never NOT use a continental grip

Hi there, Ive watched some youtube videos on the backhand volley now. I have 3 questions for you: On the forehand volley, I understand that the index finger gives a good support. How about the backhand volley? Would it be a good idea to reduce the space for the index finger and raise up the thumb for stability instead? (some youtuber gave that idea) Regarding my own volley problem, I've been volleying with a continental grip for years now. On the forehand side it works perfect, but on the backhand side I have Zero control. The ball goes high a lot and with wayy too much slice. When i use two hands for example, I get good stability, but I dont do it, cause i was taught differently. ...Can you tell me your thoughts about using two hands? (I guess women do use this more, right?) And also some words about the contact zone? Coaches often say, contact has to be in front, but then my raquet is even more in a "slice" or cutting positing and the ball goes high. Should it be more sideways to your body, when using the continental grip? Ideas how to the good contact zone? Thank you!

Why not setting the racket in upward position? It's close to your head, so you have good control.